# Projects and designs

Organize work in portfolios, manage project details, and create or preserve design versions.

Source: https://docs.staging.solesca.com/start/projects-and-designs/

A project holds designs for a site. Use separate designs to compare layouts or preserve versions. A portfolio groups related projects.

## Find your work

Open **Projects** in the left navigation. **Unfiled** shows projects outside a portfolio; **All projects** includes filed projects too. Open **Portfolios** to browse by portfolio.

Press `Ctrl+K` on Windows or `⌘K` on Mac to search projects, portfolios, designs, and people. Select a result to open it. Search also provides recent items.

## Create a project and design

1. On **Projects**, click **Project**.
2. Enter a **Project name** in **New project**, then click **Create**.
3. In the project, click **Design**.
4. Enter a **Design name** in **New design**, then click **Create**.

The design opens in the editor. See [Your first design](https://docs.staging.solesca.com/start/your-first-design/).

## Project properties

The projects table groups work by status. Change **Status**, **Priority**, and **Lead** to keep the team informed. Open a project to see its properties and notes beside its designs.

Use the table's search, sorting, filters, and selection controls to find or manage projects. The project menu provides actions such as rename, pin, move, and delete. Review the confirmation before deleting a project and its designs.

## Portfolios

Open **Portfolios** and create a portfolio for a customer, region, or other group of projects. Give it a name and choose its appearance. Open the portfolio to manage its projects.

Use a project's move action to put it in a portfolio. Pin frequently used projects or portfolios for quick access. A portfolio's menu provides rename and delete actions; read the delete dialog to check whether its projects will also be deleted.

## Design versions and locks

Open a project to see its designs. A design's menu provides **Rename**, **Duplicate as new version**, **Lock design**, and **Delete**, subject to your access and the design's state.

Lock a design when you want to preserve the version used for a proposal or handoff. A locked design is read-only. Duplicate it as a new version to keep designing; the duplicate can be edited.

Selecting a design also lets you read or edit its note. The design name can be edited in the editor when the design is editable.

Existing v1 designs have additional preservation controls. See [Coming from v1](https://docs.staging.solesca.com/start/coming-from-v1/).

## Capacity tests

A project's details include its capacity test. Start a test there, or from **Download › Capacity test** in a design. See [Capacity tests](https://docs.staging.solesca.com/start/capacity-tests/).